Theories of Behavioral Development Flashcards

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Mature defense mechanisms

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Altruism, humor, sublimation, suppression

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Less mature defense mechanisms

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Acting out, denial, displacement, dissociation, identification, intellectualization, isolation of affect, projection, rationalization, reaction formation, regression, somatization, splitting, undoing

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Helping others to avoid negative emotions

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Altruism

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Talking or joking about something painful or unpleasant in a way that makes self or others laugh

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Humor

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5
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Channeling an unacceptable drive or desire into a socially acceptable format

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Sublimation

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Deliberately putting aside (“sweeping under the rug”, “bottling it all up”) unwanted feelings without becoming totally unaware of them

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Supression

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7
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Avoid feelings by attention-getting, inappropriate behavior

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Acting out

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Not believing personally intolerable facts about reality

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Denial

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9
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Transfer emotions from an unacceptable to acceptable person or object

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Displacement

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10
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Separation of function of mental processes

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Dissociation

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11
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Imitating someone who is more powerful

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Identification

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12
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Using higher mental functions to avoid emotions

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Intellectualization

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13
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Fail to experience powerful feelings even though understanding the event

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Isolation of affect

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14
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Attributing one’s own unacceptable feelings to others

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Projection

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15
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Giving reasonable explanations for unacceptable feelings

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Rationalization

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16
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Denying unacceptable feelings and adopting opposite attitudes

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Reaction formation

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17
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Appearance of childlike patterns of behavior during stressful situations

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Regression

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18
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Turning an unacceptable impulse or feeling into a physical symptom

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Somatization

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Believing people or events are either all bad or all good because of intolerance of ambiguity

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Splitting

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Erasing an unacceptable event in the past by adopting acceptable behavior in the present (superstitious behavior)

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Undoing

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21
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Trust v. mistrust

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  • 0-1 y
  • resolution: hope
  • old age: appreciation of interdependence and relatedness
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Autonomy v. shame

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  • 1-3 y
  • resolution: will
  • old age: acceptance of circle of life
23
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Initiative v. guilt

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  • 3-6 y
  • resolution: purpose
  • old age: humor, empathy, resilience
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Industry v. inferiority

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  • 6-12 y
  • resolution: competence
  • old age: humility, acceptance of course of life
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Identity v. confusion

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  • 12-19 y
  • resolution: fidelity
  • old age: sense of complexity of life, merging of sensory, logical, and aesthetic perception
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Intimacy v. isolation

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  • 20-25 y
  • resolution: love
  • old age: sense of complexity of relationships, value of tenderness and loving freely
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Generativity v. stagnation

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  • 26-64 y
  • resolution: care
  • old age: caring for others, empathy, concern
28
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Integrity v. despair

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  • 65+
  • resolution: wisdom
  • old age: existential identity, integrity
29
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Piaget’s stages of cognitive development

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  • Sensorimotor stage
  • Pre-operational stage
  • Concrete operations
  • Formal operations
30
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Erikson’s stage theory

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  • Trust v. mistrust
  • Autonomy v. shame
  • initiative v. guilt
  • industry v. inferiority
  • identity v. confusion
  • intimacy v. isolation
  • generativity v. stagnation
  • integrity v. despair
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Piaget’s Sensorimotor stage

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  • 0-2 y

- child interacts w/ environment by manipulating objects

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Piaget’s Pre-operational stage

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  • Preconceptual (2-4y) and Intuitive (4-7y)
  • thinking dominated by perception, but child becomes more and more capable of symbolic functioning, language development
33
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Piaget’s concrete operations

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  • 7-11/12

- logical reasoning can only be applied to objects that are real or can be seen

34
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Piaget’s formal operations

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  • 11/12 +

- individual can think logically about potential events or abstract ideas

35
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Pavlov response and stimuli

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UCR - salivation (in response to meat powder)
UCS - meat powder
CS - bell
CR - salivation

36
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Secure attachment

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references parent and seeks proximity when stranger enters, may be upset upon parental departure, seeks parent upon return

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Insecure avoidant attachment

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does not reference parent or seek proximity when stranger enters, not upset at separation, no response to parental return

38
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Insecure ambivalent attachment

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references parent and seeks proximity when stranger enters, upset upon parental departure, difficult to console upon return

39
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Freud’s stages of psychosexual development

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-Oral, anal, phallic

40
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Tripartite divisions of mind

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Levels of consciousness - conscious, preconscious, unconscious
Parts of personality - id (instincts, pleasure), ego (normal contact w/ outside), superego (moral)

41
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Extinction

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After a while, the association with the CS will diminish if it isn’t reinforced

42
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Resistance to extinction

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Some associations are more resistant to extinction (i.e. never wanting to drink something that made you vomit/blackout)

43
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Operant conditioning

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B.F. Skinner

behavior is emitted in anticipation of an event (reinforcer)

44
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Positive reinforcement

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Apply a stimulus to increase likelihood of behavior (adding positive reward like candy)

45
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Negative reinforcement

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Taking away a stimulus to increase likelihood of behavior (removing negative reward like chores)

46
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Punishment

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Applying a stimulus to decrease likelihood of behavior (spank, washing mouth out with soap)
Remove a stimulus to decrease likelihood of behavior (taking away a good thing like allowance)

47
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Reinforcement schedules

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FR - certain # of behaviors (after potty 3 times get candy)
FI - certain amount of time (use potty 3 days in a row get candy)
VR - variable # of behaviors
VI - variable amount of time

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Token economy

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Subjects earn token/fake money or some other object that can be traded

49
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Younger kids need reinforcement that is….

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More immediate and more concrete

50
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Older kids can have _______ or ______ reinforcers

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Delayed; token

grades, allowance

51
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9 styles of temperament

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  • Activity level
  • Rhythmicity
  • tendency to approach v. withdraw in new situations
  • adaptability
  • responsiveness
  • intensity
  • quality of mood
  • distractibility
  • attention span